Angie Smith/The Daily Mississippian Rafters were recently put up around the outside of the Ole Miss Lyceum for construction. The Lyceum is being renovated by the Roy Anderson corporation and is expected to be completed by December 2000.

New post office to open in mid-July Many Oxford residents are eagerly awaiting the opening of a new post office off Airport Rd. "I wish that the new post office would hurry up and open," said Paul Moss, an Oxford resident. The new Oxford post office is scheduled to be open in mid-July, according to postmaster Bill Farrior. "The current post office is too small," Farrior said. "Currently the post office is 9,000 square feet. The new post office will be 24,000 square feet." The post office in the federal court house will be closed and will be moved to 401 McElroy Drive, near the soccer fields.

Associate Professor of English Dan Williams is resigning his position as chair of the English Department to take over the newly-created Director of Writing position.

"Dr. Williams has served the department very well for many years," said Glenn Hopkins, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. "I think the department has benefitted greatly from his leadership."

The University of Mississippi School of Law reflects overall progress and a giant leap in placement success in the U.S. News & World Report's latest national ranking of law schools.

The magazine's annual report moves the Ole Miss law school up to the second tier overall from its third-tier spot, which it had consistently held previously, and ranks the state-supported institution third nationally behind two private law schools in finding jobs for its graduates.